Oil-can.



T. W. ALEXANDER.

OIL CAN.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 23, 1909.

v Patented May 25, 1909.

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f j ririirnn sr THEOPHILUS W. ALEXANDER, OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.

rplifyjthe construction, reduce the cost of manufacture and provide for readily cleaning andrepairing the check valve used in conthe` receptacle.

" as a blow-pipe or compression-bulb may be employed for forcing air into the can.

y y ably connected below the cap for the filling l cap, andsecure said tube to said cap by a y invention. Q 5 line -x of Fig. 1, and, Fig. 8 is an enlarged j ingthe valve and the lower end of the blowpipe.l

,To all whom it may concern:

tain new and useful Improvements in Oilf to bepafull., clear, and exact description of y i ythe invention, such as .will enable others g make and use the same.

cles i wherein air pressure is employed for forcing the liquid from the can or receptacle ing the valve from the can with the cap of l checkvalve is placed at the lower end of the OIL-CAN.

Be it known that I, THEornILus W. ALEX- ANDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington, in y the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have invented cer- Cans;` yand I do hereby declare the following skilled in theart to which it appertains to My invention relates to oil cans or receptaiiito yal lamp or other vessel.

The objects of my invention are to simnectionjwith the means for forcing air into Any suitable means, such In carrying out myinvention, I place the check valve in a straight tube section detachnozzle and around a port kor opening in said flexible connection. f Byy this arrangement it is .possibleto remove the tube section carrythe fillingynozzle and further facilitate the cleaning or repairing of the valve by disconnecting said tube section from said cap. The

tube section and. is what may be termed a Theinvention also consists in the features u In the accompanying drawing, illustrating the preferred embodiment of my invention: Figurel is a top plan view of a can or receptacleconstructed in accordance with my Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the central vertical section through the cap and for'theiilling nozzle, kthe tube section carrykrReferring more particularly to the drawing, 1 designates a can yOr tank having its top l i i l 2 provided with three ports or openings.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Application led January 23,

Patented May 25, 1909.

1909. Serial No. 473,838.

discharge tube 3 is engaged with one of the openings 4. The second opening 5 serves as the filling nozzle, while the third port 6 is a vent opening normally closed by a stopper 7 preferably attached to 'the to of the can by a chain 8 or other suitable lexible connection.

The usual screw cap 9 is employed for closing the filling nozzle, but in this instance said cap is provided with an opening 10 in which is fixed a depending (preferably tapering) thinible 11. The short tube section 12 carrying the check valve 13 is detachably connected around the lower end of said thimble and is attached tothe cap by means of the chain 14 or other suitable flexible connection. rlhe valve preferably consists of a disk 15 arranged in a cage 16 at the lower end of said tube section. By reason of its arrangement, it will be seen that the valve is normally arranged in a lowered or open posi-`A rlhe cage 16 has a large opening 17 in its lower end and comparatively small ports Air enters, or is forced into tion.

The blowpipe 19 is introduced into the upper end of the tliimble 1 1.

In using my device, air is forced by the A blow-pipe into the can or receptacle to create a pressure upon the upper surface of the oil or i contents of the can, the valve resting at the bottoni of its cage and permitting the air to enter via the lateral ports in said cage. rI`he pressure thus introduced into the receptacle will effect the lifting or forcing of the oil up through the discharge tube 3 into a vessel for its reception. When the operator ceases to force air into the can, the air pressure already therein will act upon the valve through the large bottom opening in its cage, and will raise said valve and. seat it over the lower end of the passage through the tube section 12, thereby preventing escape of air through the blow-pipe. As the delivery of the oil or contents of the rece tacle continues, the air pressure will genera ly decrease and finally allow the valve to drop down to its normaly If, however, it is desired simply removing the stopper 7 from the vent f opening thereby permitting the escape of air remaining in the receptacle, and instantly stopping the flow of the oil from the discharge tube.

I claim: Y y l. The combination, with a receptacle of the character described having a discharge tube, of a tapered thirnble xed in an opening in the top of said receptacle, a detachable straight tube section fitted around the outside of said thinible within the receptacle and carrying a check Valve in its lower end, and a detachable tube, through which air may be forced into the receptacle, fitted in the inside of said thimble and arranged on the outside of the receptacle.

2. The combination, with a receptacle of the character described having a discharge tube and a filling nozzle, of a cap 'for said nozzle liavlng an opening therein, a tapered thinible tted in said opening, a detachable 2O cap, and a detachable tube, through which 25 air may be forced into the receptacle, itted in the inside of said thirnble and arranged on the outside of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof7 I affix iny signature, in presence oi' two witnesses.

THEOPHILUS W. ALEXANDER. Vfitnesses ELIZABETH MEYER, F. S. LINELL. 

